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Thursday, January 10

Good morning, TexMessagers! Do you believe in global warming?

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Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (AP Photo)

When it comes to weather, 2012 was quite a year. Not only did U.S. experience some extreme weather, but according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2012 also was the warmest year on record.

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson believes that NOAA’s announcement is clear indication that global warming exists. The Dallas Democrat released the following statement yesterday:

(AP Photo)

“Every new data point serves to highlight the folly of putting special-interest politics and partisanship before science and fact. The climate is changing. It is time for both sides of the aisle to accept the evidence, recognize the overwhelming scientific consensus, evaluate the risks of continued inaction, and come together to have meaningful discussions about climate change.

“Though it may be too little and too late, policies focused on prevention of deeper, more devastating climatic shifts should still be our primary objective. Therefore, we must act boldly and we must act swiftly. Policymakers also have a responsibility to do everything that we can to ensure that communities, the agricultural sector, and other critical industries can adapt to the costly impacts of a changing climate.”

Anyone who thinks that we are going to repeal the law establishing gun-free school zones hasn’t been to a PTA meeting lately. The millions of moms who send their children to our schools will never allow this to happen.

In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass murders in Connecticut, the American public has finally had enough. If Congress doesn’t act to ban assault weapons and 30-round ammunication magazines, President Obama will issue an Executive Decree banning such weapons. It is within the power of the Executive Branch to do so. I’m a responsible gun owner and so are people like Gabby Giffords and her husband. But we’re all tired of the NRA and its hold ($$) on Congress. Enough is enough!